The Washington County Sheriff's office reported that on Saturday, Dec. 9 the Washington County Regional Communications Center (RCC) received a 911 call from a woman in East Machias reporting a home invasion.

Cupcakes are serious business down the Frozen Hallway at CES on Wednesday at the annual Polar Express Event. Cupcake decorating was only one of the many activities kids got to do in the Frozen Hallway.

Officer Peter Harris found this photo frame while on patrol, and he would like to return it to the owner. If you are missing these photos or recognize the people in them, please contact the Calais Police Station at (207)-454-2752 or (207)-454-2751.

Healthy Acadia, Let’s Go! 5210, and partners are thrilled to recognize the following Washington County providers as 2017 Let’s Go! 5210 Sites of Distinction for their efforts to foster healthy lifestyle habits among the children they serve:

Despite the snow on Saturday the St. Croix #1 Firehouse held their annual Community Christmas Party. The annual event is held at the Firehouse on Church Street and is completely free for anyone that wants to attend. All the food is potluck and provided by the St. Croix #1 volunteers and friends.

On Tuesday, December 5th, the Baileyville School Board met. Parents of Baileyville students were in attendance to voice their concerns about the Junior High basketball team. Several of the parents present were of sixth grade students that had been cut from the team.

Every now and then, we’re gifted with a reminder of exactly how interconnected we are, as a community, as a species, and even as living beings. When Carl Jung was speaking to a patient about a dream she’d had the night before that involved a golden scarab beetle, and a beetle with golden-green tints flew to his window, he called it “synchronicity,” or “falling together in time.”

What would our school-community be like without our school-based health center? After the Maine Legislature cut $5 million from the Fund for a Healthy Maine in July, school- based health center state funding was cut to 15 centers throughout Maine, including the Blue Devil Health Center here in Calais. It is only through the commitment of the school administration and board that sm